From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Special hilighting for comments Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 11:26:58 +0000 Message-ID: <8G5PuSmODWraw7jK0Q3tIPzI7XiRoO5CQG3_gHh5Egkz_9nS3nRGR31nkkL-vrXl-u9rSo4QjMc72tefBKxMMsP2H6A9A7D_1rPkfeGU-lA=@protonmail.com> References: <83lenfy8sh.fsf@gnu.org> <5Dc0oNSOvO6IdT1Q19A303nARjz0NjnAt01-brNNh_bv5i_ZDdtr0a7UpDtDcRhboVab_OPmhx3ojUfQOQi66BGMFdmNaT6fwBDykWzQ_EA=@protonmail.com> <83fsdny76f.fsf@gnu.org> <837cyzy0fw.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32036"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 10 12:27:48 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1p3y1D-00089l-Sx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:27:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p3y0l-0008Qe-CS; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 06:27:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p3y0j-0008QP-3f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 06:27:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-4325.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.25]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1p3y0g-0001bj-Nw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 06:27:16 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1670671632; x=1670930832; bh=DTjUrjgHXBexE8Em2F2RnzZAYPfdGMlpYlwMxyCAJnc=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=Je4rtIFRjASQpjESDYY/VBMxuwIdeI7lw81o9msSpq3oLalgZx7czTTFt2dpIQLxH kcrH2krnUCFQIJDCF9Fx4ib6xKIowsiOUQprpZnVLKoTKAtemquN4jcQRhulLVEoij NPLaMwwooigFqv3Hjy6zJA4+qCumBbKzNdtzzqPxcPuYmusvnC2LpuiiaPP9BGqeks I0iuMhhJE3DOxli1CwwwY7Gz11JnoNOwrvyuxwYZ6zZinhCjU9bRh00VAy4nQeQrAk 9YY3e1a2NcOsGQ7MM5itR7RkB7tE8Aw5cIjbXDdSTk4E8+vXVvzzqCk3LtSjaGWcVC wLmvMrZ0F+25w== In-Reply-To: <837cyzy0fw.fsf@gnu.org> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.25; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4325.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:141577 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, December 10th, 2022 at 11:15 AM, Eli Zaretskii = wrote: > > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 10:53:42 +0000 > > From: Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > >=20 > > > > Emacs is missing out on a beneficial capability beyond just highlig= ht symbols in other programming language modes. > > >=20 > > > I don't think that's true: have you tried using the capabilities in > > > hi-lock.el, as I suggested up-thread? That package can let you > > > highlight anything. > >=20 > > What do I need to do? >=20 >=20 > Type "M-s h l" (or "M-x highlight-lines-matching-regexp RET"). How can I do it with elisp code. Highlighting lines starting with ";; [". Thus in elisp-mode, how to achieve the following ;; [Highlighted line] ;; Some comment=20 ;; Other comment Have started with the following, whilst you suggest "highlight-lines-matchi= ng-regexp". (defun hl-regexp () (interactive) (highlight-regexp ";; [.*" some-face)) (defun hl-elisp () (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.el\\'" . hi-lock-mode)) (add-hook 'hi-lock-mode-hook 'hlregexp))